Hamlet 1921
Overview
A free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama. The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy, and thus, the girl lives her life as 'Prince' Hamlet. Her father poisoned by a venomous snake placed by the treacherous Claudius, Hamlet fakes madness to investigate without suspicion.
Director: Svend Gade
Cast
Asta Nielsen
Hamlet
Heinz Stieda
Horatio
Eduard von Winterstein
Claudius
Paul Conradi
Mathilde Brandt
Hans Junkermann
Anton De Verdier
Lilly Jacobson
Fritz Achterberg